Well There’s Jesus Now!

 

Well There’s Jesus Now! Do not be afraid when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases. For when he dies he will take nothing with him: his glory will not accompany him. Psalm 49:16-17 Across the years my wife Joyce and I had the honor of visiting many shrines and tombs of men and women of wealth and prominence. Some of these people were proclaimed atheists or agnostics. It literally broke our hearts to imagine the suffering that greeted them when they breathed their last! Then I recall visiting a small cemetery in Camas, Washington, and standing beside the weathered grave-marker of my beloved grandpa, Earnest Thompson. He is the beloved saint whose last words on this earth were; “Well there’s Jesus now!” There was joy and rejoicing in his entrance to eternity! Across the years of our life we may experience joys as well as sorrows. In either case we need to constantly remind ourselves that the things of this world are only temporary. Our eternal home is waiting for our arrival. That is why Christian believers can rejoice when a born-again family member marches into glory to be with Jesus, and all of the believers who have gone on before us! May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions! Pastor Cecil Thompson Used with Permission